The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-22
Entered at the Post Office at Eden
ton as Second-Class Matter.
Scales and PLANTS

cards.
Call at the Bay View Bar for good
rich Milk.
Just received a nice lot Of boys over
coats, at .. Newman 5.
Miss Kate D. Sharp returned from
visit to HertfOrd county on Friday.
Milk received daily from DR.. Cape
hart's fine stock farm at the Bay View
Bar.
Just received new line Of Ladies,
Misses and Children's Cloaks, at ..
Newman S.
just yeceived-A large al fresh lot of
Apples and Grapes, cheap. at +. Z.
Mitchell & Bro. S.
Great change in the Ten-Pin Alley.
Advantage to the players. Gall at
HAYES and get information
We found on our Office floor yesterday
a note directed to Miss Ques5i Johnson,
Winton, n. c.. Whose Is it:
There will be held at the NJ. E. church
on Thursday next, what Is termed
Union Thanksgiving meeting by Rev.
j. VIM. Lee.
The cotton fields are still looking
white. Without good weather our
people viii be as late as January in
gathering the crop.
For SALE, and at prices low-Five
Mules. three good Brood Mares and
three Colts, 3 and years old, ali broke
and good drivers. Apply to
j. L. Bonner & Co.
The Post Office will be closed Thurs
Thanksgiving Day from II A. H.
TO 3 p. NJ. by order of the Post Office
Department. l.. L. 6klNAL ~
The temperance sermon of Rev. Z. N.
Setterwhlte on Sunday night is said, by
all. to have been very fine. a large
congregation was present to hear and
profit by it.
Clear, cold, health giving and life
invigOratiug is the weather we are
having Just now. Thus may lit continue,
in keeping with the natural law-1Inle
to all things"
Oysters cheaper at Hayes than any
house in town.-Fried in cracker gust
and butter for only 25c-best we ever
ate.-- Fresh milk and winter greens
can be had daily at Hayes
Mrs. John L. Leary, of Fairfield, Va
formerly of our town, was IN at1ehl
ance upon the funeral Of w. h SKIN
ner. notice of whose death appears else
where. She returned to her home on
Monday.
Mr.. D. &. Bond has opened the old
Hettrick bakery, Main street, and Is
prepared to do.any kind of WORK III his
line. The services of one OF the best
ornamental bakers IN the country have
been secured by him.
The regular singing exercises were
held at the Baptist Church Sunday
evening which were very interesting.
These exercises should be more largely
attended, especially by the young ladies
OF the town. Everybody is invited.
The Edenton Cornet Band returned
from the Franklin Fair FriIay Light
last. They report things lively along
the Black water. The fair was sue
cess. The best trotting stock of the
season was there exhibited. Mat White
saws so and he is a judge.
Exceliant churches, ably ministered
unto. good schools, as good as the best
in the State, SURPRISING hotels, and
nolite Deacible and Industrious citizens,
if Edenton fails in progress the cause
cannot be ascribed save to that Ola
enemy, we'll named by the letters, W.
O. n. I.
The new addition, recently made.
TO the Woodland House adds greatly TO
it's rear appearance and supplies the
urgent demand upon lCo popttIetA Le'AO-
lord for more room. Friend ROgersOn
keeps up with the requirements of mOd-
ern DrOe,ress in all things. When Eden
ton fails to attract, the fault Will not be
foupd at the door of the hotels.
The sidewalks on Saturdays, are
made q perfect nuisance by the fruit
and candy vendors who occupy
them. Complaint against them Is b.
coming universal. They attract crowds
that completely blockade the pubic
making them, in some
places. not only impossible but convert
inp them into perfect pandemOnlums.
Saturday was q stormy day IN town
three fights and one arrest. The party
arrested was charged with an as
sault with deadly weapon, to-wIt;
cun. He was required to give security
and. failing in friends, gave MORTGAGE
ON his town lot, to which, we have since
learned. title was defective Defective
or not it answered his purpose until
Tony got his coon (cap) and went on.
Our Business Manager returned last
night from his trip to the Frauklln talr
and Portsmouth and Norfolk. He re-
norts the fair as being fine one and IN
everv wav a success. Large crowds
attended. The exhibition was excellent,
tbe racing good and pretty girls were IN
The ball, given by MI.
Vaughan. on Thursday night of the
fair. was truly grand feature OF the